The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, February 14, 2016

March 27 - 31, 1958



Thursday, March 27, 1958

A nice day. In a.m. Billie and I to town. Kennard went with us. I got a few groceries. Came home and cooked, put rest of puzzle together. Bill up to Stoneham with Lloyd with a load of grain.



Friday, March 28, 1958

A nice day. I done up the work. Billie, Kennard and Dennis worked for Raymond hauling hen dressing. Betty up to Dawn’s in the evening.



Saturday, March 29, 1958

A very nice day. Betty cooked (?). Cooking came out good. I did up the work. In evening Betty and I put a puzzle together. Don Chadbourne called. Also Dawn Parks.



Sunday, March 30, 1958

Another very nice day. Bill shoveled some snow over in yard. Billie picked up limbs. Betty to church in a.m., to hymn singing in evening. Billie out calling and Bill too. Betty out on bike. I wrote my letters.



Monday, March 31, 1958

Bill began work at Jim’s. Cloudy today. I washed and churned, ironed. Billie worked today.


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